anyone, fix the world or anyone's
way of thinking -- that is why I rarely feel the need to engage in debates.
I do feel a desire to express myself, which I do via my writings --
whatever anyone might want to pick up or infer from there.
--
Vani Murarka
* vani expressions - blog writings
Deepa,
> Ironically, both of us, if we were to
> meet, might be so comfortable in our bubbles that our minds might not reach
> out to each other!
>
Oh! In that case good that we've met online first and our minds are already
reaching out to each other.
> Looking at your links. Haven't read cont
On 11-Jan-2018 11:38 pm, "Radhika, Y." wrote:
Deepa and Vani,
You might be interested in Tisha shrivastava' s Poettery group on FB. Are
you on FB? I can invite you.
Radhika
Thanks Radhika. I am a part of Tisha's groups.
o far from being in that experience?
--
Vani Murarka
* vani expressions - blog writings <http://manaskriti.com/vani-expressions/>
* काव्यालय (Kaavyaalaya: House of Hindi Poetry) <http://kaavyaalaya.org>
* गीत गतिरूप - कवि का अनोखा साथी <http://manaskriti.com/geet-gatiroop>
my brother's behavior, but also what
> > quirks each and every family member brings to the whole thing, my own
> > quirks and vulnerabilities etc. etc. etc.
> >
> > Is there anyone else here whose family member has some mental illness, or
> > who himself / herself is
be a great resource. Especially
> > from the perspective of the caregiver, which often goes unacknowledged:
> > http://www.whiteswanfoundation.org
> >
> > Hope this information helps you.
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018, 10:59 Vani Murarka wrote:
> >
> >
e physical workouts are
for everyone.
Also, a friend of mine - Amrita Tripathi - has started a mental health
collective. Those curious can find it here:
http://healthcollective.in/about
On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:56 PM, Vani Murarka
wrote:
> Thanks Lakshmi
>
> On 15-Jan-2018 6:52 pm, "
Yes. Thank you for sharing.
On Jan 15, 2018 8:23 PM, "Madhu Menon" wrote:
A combination of medication, talk therapy from time to time, and the
acceptance of the fact that this is a managed condition, not something
that has a vaccine, so there *will* be some periods where it will hit
you hard and
- for it is the same stories everywhere and sharing helps) as do all
the wonderful people who come out and talk about mental illness.
Thanks once again, for all the responses.
--
Vani Murarka
* vani expressions - blog writings <http://manaskriti.com/vani-expressions/>
* काव्यालय (Kaavyaal
kind of limitation, truth and beauty does
find a way to emerge. That limitation that the entity imposes on itself,
itself becomes its strength.
This, the present moment, on a global scale, is a very fertile time. All
that is erupting is only taking us towards that -- truth and beauty.
--
Vani Mu
>
> I wanted to fork the thread "War on Science" to deal with the more
> interesting discussion to me - Why isn't fairness, honesty and all the
> wholesome qualities of being human so often absent in politicians,
> scientists, business leaders and other guardians of society?
>
>
I guess "isn't" was
engagement. It is about connection, also known as love.
Universal love.
We have the power to choose. Question is, what will we choose? Fear of our
own power, or love for the power that has been gifted to us?
Fear binds. Love frees.
--
Vani Murarka
* vani expressions - blog writings <h
Am reading "Upstream: Selected Essays" by Mary Oliver these days ―
Were they seed eaters? Were they meat eaters? Not the point. They were
dreamers, and imaginers, and declarers; they lived looking and looking and
looking, seeing the apparent and beyond the apparent, wondering, allowing
for uncerta
>
> Anyway, reality :: cabbage is a nice image of the infiniteness of truth.
>
> Thank you Vani for bringing the spiritual element to the list.
>
>
Pleasure Srini. Yes, cabbage is a nice image. Same place, same journey,
digging deeper and deeper. Same circle, again and again - zooming out or
zoomin
Excerpt from Hans Rosling's book "Factfulness"
---
So why is the misconception of a gap between the rich and the poor so hard
to change?
I think this is because human beings have a strong dramatic instinct toward
binary thinking, a basic urge to divide things into two distinct groups,
with nothi
>From what I have read so far (in the second chapter right now -- The
Negativity Instinct), I surely do recommend it.
So nice that you attended one of his talks. He was indeed good (passed away
recently I think).
On Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 12:41 Thaths wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 2:09 P
Two more excerpts from Factfulness by Hans Rosling. Not sharing graphs, but
they are so juicy.
1---
Thanks to better education, new affordable solutions, and global
collaborations, the decrease in death rates is impressive even among those
who are stuck on Level 1.
Back in 1942, Bangladesh wa
-sustained public library.
http://meulib.com
* Science and Me - article series on my blog - don't know when I will write
the next one -
http://manaskriti.com/vani-expressions/category/writings/sam-writings/
Looking forward to seeing what happens here and meeting all you invisible
folks.
Vani Mu
Wow. What a great day to join Silklist!
On 19-Dec-2015 11:05 am, "Udhay Shankar N" wrote:
> On 12/1/2015 3:38 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
>
> > Date? I’ll travel over.
>
> The date is today. Happy birthday, silk! As it happens, though, our
> party plans got derailed by the Chennai situatio
:-) Good to meet you Mohit. Thanks Biju.
On 19-Dec-2015 12:07 pm, "Mohit" wrote:
> Welcome. Lovely to see someone as interested (probably significantly more
> interested) as I in hindi poetry
>
> Regards,
> Mohit
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Vani M
d to focus on local
adoption.
Some cross-country nice stories have occurred - a mountain climber in
Bangalore getting Jamling Tenzing Norgay's book to read from Bombay - a
poetry lover discovering authors she did not know of and such like.
Vani
--
Vani Murarka
* MeULib: Book Garden grown
Good point John!
On 21 April 2016 at 16:31, John Sundman wrote:
> I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor
> the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to
> men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance
> h
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